Siyakhula Living Lab

A multistakeholder operation that consists of academia, industry, government and marginalized communities to facilitate user-driven innovation in the ICTD domain.

This not only empowers the rural communities but also integrates the innovative potential in the rural marginalized areas within the general national system of innovation.

2008 Research Papers

2008

CAROLINE, P; MALLINSON, B. & SEWRY, D. (2008) Project Management Practice for Rural ICT Project Sustainability in Developing Countries. 2nd European Conference on Information Management and Evaluation (ECIME). Royal Holloway, University of London. ISBN: 978-1-906638-13-9 CD.

CAROLINE, P; MALLINSON, B. & SEWRY, D. (2008) An Elaboration of Critical Success Factors for Rural ICT Project Sustainability in Developing Countries - Exploring the Dwesa Case. The Journal of Information Technology Case and Application (JITCAR), Vol. 10, no. 4

DYAKALASHE, S, MUYINGI, HN, TERZOLI, A & THINYANE, M.(2008) Cultural and Linguistic Localization of the Shop-Owner interfaces to an E-Commerce Platform for Rural Development, Southern African Telecommunications Networks and Applications Conference, Wild Coast Sun, South Africa, 7-10 September 2008, ISBN 978-0-620-41696-2

JAKACHIRA BT, MUYINGI, HN & WERTLEN R. (2008) Implementation of a web-based E-government proxy for a marginalized rural population, Southern African Telecommunications Networks and Applications Conference, Wild Coast Sun, South Africa, 7-10 September 2008, ISBN 978-0-620-41696-2

MAKOMBE, F, MUYINGI, HN. (2008) Developing a help-desk system for a multi-purpose ICT platform in marginalised. Southern African Telecommunications Networks and Applications Conference, Wild Coast Sun, South Africa, 7-10 September 2008, ISBN 978-0-620-41696-2

MANDIOMA, M, AND MUYINGI, H. (2008) Rural Internet connectivity initiatives in South Africa, ICT Africa, Nepad Council Conference, Addis Ababa, 13-15 February 2008, http://ictafrica.nepadcouncil.org/proceedings2008/PR_Rural_Connectivity_Status_in_Africa-Mandioma.pdf

MPOFU, HC, MUYINGI HN. (2008) Development of Sustainable Mobile Service Contents for a Wireless Village, Southern African Telecommunications Networks and Applications Conference, Wild Coast Sun, South Africa, 7-10 September 2008, ISBN 978-0-620-41696-2

MUCHENJE, T, MUYINGI H. (2008) An Overview of Security Issues on a Converged WiFI and WiMAX Network, ICT Africa, NEPADConference, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 13-15 February 2008, http://ictafrica.nepadcouncil.org/proceedings2008/PR_An_Overview_of_Secu...

RANGA, MM, TERZOLI A. (2008) Improving the robustness and effectiveness of the wireless telecommunication infrastructure in Dwesa South Africa, Southern African Telecommunications Networks and Applications Conference, Wild Coast Sun, South Africa, 7-10 September 2008, ISBN 978-0-620-41696-2

SCOTT, MS, MUYINGI, HN. (2008) Investigation and Development of an e-Judiciary Service for a Citizen Oriented Judiciary System in Rural Community, Southern African Telecommunications Networks and Applications Conference, Wild Coast Sun, South Africa, 7-10 September 2008, ISBN 978-0-620-41696-2

SIBANDA, K, MUYINGI, HN & MABANZA (2008) Building Wireless Community Networks with 802.16 Standard, BroadCom '08, CSIR International Convention Centre, Pretoria, South Africa, 23-26 November 2008

SIBANDA, K, MUYINGI, H & MPOFU, N. (2008) Closing the Digital Divide: Towards wireless technology architecture for rural connectivity, ICT Africa, NEPADConference, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 13-15 February 2008, http://ictafrica.nepadcouncil.org/proceedings2008/PR_Closing_the_Digital_Divide-Sibanda.pdf

TARWIREYI, P, TERZOLI, A & MUYINGI, H. (2008) Adapter-based revenue management system for the exploration of non conventional billing options in new markets for telecommunications, Southern African Telecommunications Networks and Applications Conference, Wild Coast Sun, South Africa, 7-10 September 2008, ISBN 978-0-620-41696-2

THINYANE, M; DALVIT, L; TERZOLI, A & CLAYTON, P. (2008) The Internet in rural communities: unrestricted and contextualized, ICT Africa, Addis Abba - Ethiopia, Nepad Council, 2008

THINYANE, M; TERZOLI, A & CLAYTON, P. (2008) Transitions towards a knowledge society: Aspectual pre-evaluation of a culture-sensitive implementation framework, IFIP - Learning to live in the knowledge society, Springer Boston, July 2008, Vol. 281, pp 271-278, ISBN: 978-0-387-09728-2

THINYANE, M; TERZOLI, A & CLAYTON, P. (2008) Old Wine, New Wine skins: Exploring an ICT intervention towards the protection of Indigenous Knowledge and Folklore, SAFOS Conference, Lesotho, 23rd - 25th September 2008